Free medical alert scam lives on

Paul Muschick

Free medical alert scam lives on

I knew it sounded too good to be true.

I wrote earlier this week about a settlement that shut down an operation that authorities said was behind the annoying and deceptive calls that offered senior citizens free medical alert systems, then charged them monitoring fees.

I've already heard from two people this week saying they've received similar calls, one of them still promising to send free groceries, too.

One man told me the call he got referenced AARP or his healthcare provider as referring him for the system. AARP is aware of that, check out its warning here.

Many scams have second lives and are copied by others. This appears to be one that just isn't going to stop.